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Georg Mohr

1640 - 1697

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Jørgen Mohr (Latinised Georg(ius) Mohr; 1 April 1640 – 26 January 1697) was a Danish mathematician, known for being the first to prove the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem, which states that any geometric construction which can be done with compass and straightedge can also be done with compasses alone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Mohr has received more than 32,577 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Georg Mohr is the 624th most popular mathematician (down from 495th in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 324th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Georg Mohr ranks 624 out of 1,004. Before him are Robert Langlands, Pingala, William Burnside, Edward Arthur Milne, William Whiston, and Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī. After him are Robert Axelrod, Aleksey Krylov, Leonard Eugene Dickson, John Pell, Robert Simson, and Elias M. Stein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Georg Mohr ranks 20. Before him are Philippe de La Hire, Mariana Alcoforado, Jacques Ozanam, Willem de Vlamingh, Gerard de Lairesse, and Claude Fleury. After him are Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Mayow, Yohannes I, and William Wycherley. Among people deceased in 1697, Georg Mohr ranks 14. Before him are John Aubrey, Libéral Bruant, Gregorio Barbarigo, Niels Juel, Filippo Baldinucci, and Jan de Bray. After him is Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Georg Mohr ranks 401 out of 1,032. Before him are Urban Gad (1879), Kristian Zahrtmann (1843), Sofie Gråbøl (1968), Karin Michaëlis (1872), Wilhelm Bendz (1804), and Jacob Riis (1849). After him are Benjamin Christensen (1879), Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821), Karl Aage Præst (1922), Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685), and Theodor Philipsen (1840).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Denmark

Among mathematicians born in Denmark, Georg Mohr ranks 5. Before him are Harald Bohr (1887), Piet Hein (1905), Agner Krarup Erlang (1878), and Julius Petersen (1839). After him are Johan Jensen (1859), Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850), and Poul Heegaard (1871).

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